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Dyrygent (1980)

101 min · Drama

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Directors

Andrzej Wajda

Cast

John Gielgud, Krystyna Janda, Andrzej Seweryn, Jan Ciecierski

An American conductor of Polish descent returns to Poland to conduct a Beethoven concert, where a jealous husband plots against him.

The story

After an international career, John Lasocki, an American conductor of Polish descent, returns to Poland to conduct a special concert of Beethoven’s music. Marta Pietryk is one of his favorites. Her husband Adam, an unfulfilled conductor without authority, is jealous of their guest and plots against him.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

The film’s protagonist is John Lasocki (John Gielgud), an American conductor of Polish descent who, after an international career, decides to return to Poland to conduct a special concert of Ludwig van Beethoven’s music. One of the conductor’s favorites is Marta Pietryk (Krystyna Janda), whose jealous husband, Adam (Andrzej Seweryn)—an unfulfilled conductor with no authority—plots against their guest.

Genres

Drama

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